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Star Trek's Enterprise Boldly Went 42 Years Ago Today
Posted by Kit Eaton at 7:30 PM on September 8, 2008
Star Trek fans will be tickled to know that the good ol' starship Enterprise first took flight on network TV on September 8th 1966, and split infinitives became OK. Actually, aspects of the show have become such cultural items that even non-sci-fi fans know the thrilling soundtrack, the iconic hull of NCC-1701 zipping into warp, Kirk, Spock, Scotty, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu and Chekov, polystyrene alien worlds, and the inevitable death of red-sweatered crewmen. Who hasn't switched on their mobile (or flipped it open... old Motorola StarTacs were the best) and muttered "beam me up, Scotty"? All that began 42 years ago, a number that'll please a different set of sci-fi fans. Fingers crossed for the upcoming reboot movie. [Wired]
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mohamed
Posted September 9, 2008 9:10 AM
I Like stars trek at lot
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:07 PM 8/9/08
Live long, and prosper.
strider_mt2k
Barion
Posted 8:43 PM 8/9/08
And to those fans with concerns about the upcoming movie:
Don't panic.
Barion
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:47 PM 8/9/08
@Barion: ...and bring a towel. ;)
strider_mt2k
DeadWriter
Posted 9:14 PM 8/9/08
Finally, another reason for all those shut-ins with Lord of the Rings elf ear modifications to come out in public and proudly show their now socially relevant "Vulcan" ears with out being laughed at.
DeadWriter
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 9:32 PM 8/9/08
I kinna do it, Cap'n. I kinna bring meself t' see anoethar Star Trek movie.
OMG! Ponies!
fastharry
Posted 9:54 PM 8/9/08
He-he, I get it.....Boldy,Shatner wears a rug...
FIRST!!!...To get the joke...
fastharry
earthsaver
Posted 10:32 PM 8/9/08
What exactly are the implications of the meaning of life in years being celebrated as an anniversary?
earthsaver
xenoastro
Posted 10:29 PM 8/9/08
unfortunately no one ever muttered the sentence "beam me up, Scotty" in the entire old series !, go figure :)
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xenoastro
DeadWriter
Posted 10:58 PM 8/9/08
@xenoastro: It happened, we just can't find evidence due to a change in temporal continuity. Perhaps Kirk should have punched that Nazi, but who can blame him.
DeadWriter
beyondthetech
Posted 10:56 PM 8/9/08
@xenoastro: Ya, any true Trekkie/Trekker would know that and cry blasphemy when others say they heard that exact phrase from Star Trek.
[en.wikipedia.org]
beyondthetech
scarbrtj
Posted 10:56 PM 8/9/08
Among the highlights (for me) of Season 1 is the use of a middle initial other than "T." for Kirk, that Vulcans have a second internal eyelid, and Kirk had a brother named Sam who was a biologist.
scarbrtj
ideaman2020
Posted 10:51 PM 8/9/08
@earthsaver: How many roads must a man walk down?
ideaman2020
Kit Eaton
Posted 11:36 PM 8/9/08
@xenoastro: You're right. But: grab passing strangers and ask them if they've heard of "beam me up, scotty!" and I bet you 99% will have.
Kit Eaton
mrpedenman
Posted 12:07 AM 9/9/08
ARTHUR: It's at times like this, when I'm trapped in an Vogan airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I had listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
FORD: Why? What did she tell you?
ARTHUR: I don't know, I didn't listen!
mrpedenman
johnthevulcan
Posted 2:12 AM 9/9/08
yayy!
johnthevulcan
GadgetPlay
Posted 2:08 AM 9/9/08
Cary Grant never said "Judy, Judy, Judy," either. And Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
GadgetPlay
Xerloq
Posted 1:58 AM 9/9/08
42 Years! Not an insignificant number.
Splitting infinitives is just fine in English. The only reason that rule exists is because the Classicists wanted to make English a more refined language like Latin where it is impossible to split infinitives.
Feel free to wildly split away!
Xerloq
srdailey
Posted 2:14 AM 9/9/08
"beam me up, scotty" is the sci-fi equivalent of "play it again, sam." both phrases were never uttered in the properties they are associated with.
srdailey
DeusExMach
Posted 2:47 AM 9/9/08
Different set? nope. Same set of geeks.
DeusExMach
sammich!
Posted 7:22 AM 9/9/08
Anyone else remember Shatner's Denny Crane character on Boston Legal opening his flip phone and hearing the communicator noise? Hilarious.
sammich!